Irish photography

Why Irish farmers feared the hare above all other creatures — the ancient legend of shapeshifting witches, stolen milk, and silver bullets.

Discover Sliabh Luachra — the remote Kerry-Cork highland where a music tradition of polkas and slides survived when the rest of Ireland moved on.

In 1937, Irish schoolchildren were sent home to interview their grandparents — and what they wrote down became one of the world’s most extraordinary folklore archives.

Inside Ireland’s ancient castles lie mural passages, postern gates, and murder holes that most visitors never see. Here’s what they were built for.

The leannán sídhe is the Irish fairy said to grant genius to poets and musicians — while quietly consuming their lives. A haunting legend still whispered in Ireland.

Discover the Irish pub licensing law that required everyone to be a bona fide traveller on Sundays — and how the entire country found creative ways to qualify.

Discover why Ireland is one of the world’s top tea-drinking nations and how Irish tea culture became central to hospitality, wakes, and daily life.

The Irish rambling house was the social heart of every village — a home where stories, songs, and community gathered every night by the fire.

Discover the old Irish school custom that required every child to carry a sod of turf to class each morning — and what it reveals about the soul of rural Ireland.

Ireland’s ancient law of hospitality meant turning away a stranger was illegal. Discover the Brehon tradition that still shapes Irish culture today.